Are Stablecoins the Next Frontier for Humanitarian Cash Transfers or Just the Latest Promise?
More than US$10.5 billion in cash assistance was delivered globally in 2022, according to the CALP Network. Yet the places with the greatest...
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The CGAP Explainer Podcast
CGAP is a think tank dedicated to advancing financial inclusion for the world's poor. In this podcast, our experts discuss important issues in financial inclusion.
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Beyond the Payroll: Expanding Pension Coverage to Informal Workers
By 2050, one in five people worldwide will be over 60, and most of them will live in low- and middle-income countries. Yet conventional pens...
Built Before the Storm: How Disaster Finance Is Redefining Resilience
As El Niño-driven droughts and intensifying hurricane seasons push millions into crisis, one question is reshaping disaster finance: what if...
Season 4 - Trailer
🎙 Our podcast, Inclusive Finance Frontiers, is back. Agentic AI, stablecoins, inclusive insurance, and pensions for informal workers are re...
When Cash Can't Wait: Reimagining Payment Distribution in Sudan
Three years ago, conflict erupted in Sudan, and its toll continues to be devastating. The crisis has caused profound human suffering and dis...
Loans to Lifelines: Can Lending Innovations Enhance Climate Resilience?
As climate instability intensifies, frontline communities need better tools to adapt and recover. Yet, when extreme weather strikes, the ins...
How Can Data Help Close Gaps in Women’s Financial Inclusion? Lessons from Rwanda
Women's financial inclusion is advancing, but gaps remain. The World Bank's Global Findex 2025 reveals that 77% of women globally now hold a...
Nano by Necessity: Unlocking Growth for Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda and Beyond
Uganda’s 1.1 million nano and micro enterprises are the economy’s backbone, driving jobs and economic growth. Women lead 55% of them, sustai...
What's Next for Financial Inclusion? Unpacking Findex 2025
Financial inclusion is rising—but are we converting access into impact? Global Findex 2025 reports 75% of adults in low- and middle-income c...
Season 3 - Trailer
In a world shaped by climate shocks, conflict, fragility, and rapid change, financial services are more important than ever for meeting the...
How Can We Improve Resilience Globally? Leading Experts Weigh In
The world faces a variety of ‘global risks’, ranging fromgeopolitical conflicts and climate change to cyber threats. These are growingever m...
Coding Through Crisis: Building a Digital Social Protection System in Lebanon
In 2019, Lebanon witnessed the start of one of the most severe socio-economic crises globally since the mid-nineteenth century, plunging man...
Can Inclusive Carbon Markets Pave the Way for a Just Transition?
The climate crisis demands urgent global action. Green technologies—like solar panels and clean cookstoves—have the potential to transform l...
Can AI Revolutionize Financial Consumer Protection?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming almost every aspect of the financial services industry. It is driving efficiencies and...
Banking on Open Finance to Advance Financial Inclusion: Lessons from Brazil
In Brazil, the banking world is changing fast. Open Finance allows people in Brazil to securely share their financial data across financial...
Empowering Micro-Retailers Through Digitization: Hype or Promise?
From a duka in Kenya, a tienda de barrio in Colombia or a kirana in India, micro-retailers that stock fast-moving consumer goods go by many...
Voices from the Frontlines of Climate Change
Everyone in the world is grappling with climate change, but for those on the front lines, it’s a daily struggle for survival. In this episod...
Will Central Bank Digital Currencies be a Game-Changer for Financial Inclusion?
Central banks have been eying the emergence of privately issued digital currencies with a mix of excitement and anxiety and some began exper...
Digital Finance’s Little Secret... (Agent Networks)
The wide reach of digital financial services, such as digital savings, credit, payments, insurance or investment products, can unlock life-c...
What Can Super Typhoon Rai Teach Us About Financial Inclusion?
Typhoon Rai made landfall in the Philippines in December 2021, killing over 400 people, devastating 1.5 million homes, and causing over US$1...